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    Did you get an Action Require from google play - Switch to the Play Referrer API by March 1, 2020

    XmanXman Member
    in General questions
    It seems like the data is not used in the template,do you have to update the template to implement it?
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    • olegoleg Member
      I didn't get anything
      my games:
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=razorback456
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    • SinisterSoftSinisterSoft Maintainer
      Me neither.
      Coder, video game industry veteran (since the '80s, ❤'s assembler), arrested - never convicted hacker (in the '90s), dad of five, he/him (if that even matters!).
      https://deluxepixel.com
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    • XmanXman Member
      only the ads plugin is included in my apps.
      Implementing it is not difficult, but I wonder why it is required.
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    • SinisterSoftSinisterSoft Maintainer
      Maybe it will go away if you add the gaming plugin?
      Coder, video game industry veteran (since the '80s, ❤'s assembler), arrested - never convicted hacker (in the '90s), dad of five, he/him (if that even matters!).
      https://deluxepixel.com
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    • antixantix Member
      I haven't got this one but I'm getting all manner of crap about admob.
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    • XmanXman Member
      It seems like the games that get this action are using play-services-ads:18.2.0.
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    • antixantix Member
      Oh. I'm in the process of removing ads from all of my games, I'm finding admob is just too much of a pain to deal with.
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    • SinisterSoftSinisterSoft Maintainer
      edited December 2019
      I use applovin and unity ads, no issues.
      Coder, video game industry veteran (since the '80s, ❤'s assembler), arrested - never convicted hacker (in the '90s), dad of five, he/him (if that even matters!).
      https://deluxepixel.com
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    • Apollo14Apollo14 Member
      antix said:

      Oh. I'm in the process of removing ads from all of my games, I'm finding admob is just too much of a pain to deal with.

      Guys say that admob's strong side is banner ads. While UnityAds is better at rewarded videos.
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    • plicatibuplicatibu Member
      antix said:

      Oh. I'm in the process of removing ads from all of my games, I'm finding admob is just too much of a pain to deal with.

      @antix May I ask you which one you're considering?

      For apps and games whose include children as their audience, only those enterprises meet Google requirements and so they are certified:

      AdColony
      AppLovin
      ChartBoost
      Google Ad Manager
      Google AdMob
      InMobi
      ironSource
      Kidoz
      StartApp
      SuperAwesome
      Unity Ads
      Vungle

      Here is the link to the article.
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    • plicatibuplicatibu Member
      By the way, which of these ad networks do you think pay better?
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    • antixantix Member
      @plicatibu I'm really now just going to make games as a hobby... I pretty much failed trying to make them to get rich LOL. So I guess the answer to your question is "none of them". Trying to keep up with their outrageous terms and conditions is too tiresome.

      I'll just have a shop where you can donate a dollar or two to me and I'm even thinking of ditching that in favor of a Patreon type sponsorship system because google take way too much for the very little they actually provide (IMHO).

      Google take 30% of every dollar earned, and then the New Zealand government take another 15%, and then because it is income... I pay another 25% on what I got after the first two taxes to the New Zealand government on top. It's a crime :D
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    • olegoleg Member
      plicatibu said:

      By the way, which of these ad networks do you think pay better?

      Google AdMob
      Allows you to connect with other providers through it, you can also set up ad blocking for your competitors there, you can also set up cross-advertising in your applications
      my games:
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=razorback456
      мій блог по гідерос https://simartinfo.blogspot.com
      Слава Україні!
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    • plicatibuplicatibu Member
      @oleg Many years ago, when I had some games on Google Play tried AdMob ads.

      I tried it to be sure ads provider wouldn't show any inappropriate ad but it was a pain in the neck because I had to update its library too frequently.

      Is AdMob still requiring us to update its library frequently?

      Regards.

      Likes: antix

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    • olegoleg Member
      edited December 2019
      plicatibu said:

      @oleg Many years ago, when I had some games on Google Play tried AdMob ads.

      I tried it to be sure ads provider wouldn't show any inappropriate ad but it was a pain in the neck because I had to update its library too frequently.

      Is AdMob still requiring us to update its library frequently?

      Regards.

      Never updated, everything works for many years without updates
      You just use 2 plugins: Gaming + Ads

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      my games:
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=razorback456
      мій блог по гідерос https://simartinfo.blogspot.com
      Слава Україні!
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    • antixantix Member
      @oleg thats strange that you ave no problems at all because I get my apps removed every now and then when they violated some term or another... generally because the app served an inappropriate ad to a young person.

      This annoys me greatly because google own admob. Both google and admob must know the rating of my game, but admob still showed a bad ad. They should have that working a lot better.

      Having to resubmit stuff in the console endlessly and having to contact them to unblock my apps is just a pain in the backside.
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    • olegoleg Member
      edited December 2019
      antix said:

      @oleg thats strange that you ave no problems at all because I get my apps removed every now and then when they violated some term or another... generally because the app served an inappropriate ad to a young person.

      This annoys me greatly because google own admob. Both google and admob must know the rating of my game, but admob still showed a bad ad. They should have that working a lot better.

      Having to resubmit stuff in the console endlessly and having to contact them to unblock my apps is just a pain in the backside.

      You need to go into the admob settings and disable sensitive categories. Or google play and set the age of 13+ players play. google .com/apps/publish/?account=ID#AppContentCenterPlace

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      my games:
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=razorback456
      мій блог по гідерос https://simartinfo.blogspot.com
      Слава Україні!
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    • olegoleg Member
      You can also set the content category to the defaultimage
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      my games:
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=razorback456
      мій блог по гідерос https://simartinfo.blogspot.com
      Слава Україні!
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    • antixantix Member
      @oleg thanks. I feel it should do that by its self.
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    • plicatibuplicatibu Member
      edited December 2019
      @oleg I used AdMob because I thought it would not publish inappropriate ads. :/

      Your tips explained a lot. Thanks.

      Likes: MoKaLux

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    • olegoleg Member
      edited December 2019
      plicatibu said:

      @oleg I used AdMob because I thought it would not publish inappropriate ads. :/

      Your tips explained a lot. Thanks.

      Admob cannot tell where a user downloaded your load from Google, from the section for children, or from your site, from the section for adults - so you must determine the age rating of the advertisement yourself.

      Without adult advertising, your game will be shown in the kids directory and you will have more downloads - but children do not have money, so children will reduce your ad revenue even. In addition, adult advertising is more expensive if you give up your kids audience - your revenue will increase.

      If your audience is adults, it's better to monetize the game with advertising, if your audience is kids, it's better to make a paid game.
      my games:
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=razorback456
      мій блог по гідерос https://simartinfo.blogspot.com
      Слава Україні!
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    • SinisterSoftSinisterSoft Maintainer
      Plus, most kids/parents bypass all the child restrictions anyhow - so no real issue regarding making you app 13+

      Likes: oleg

      Coder, video game industry veteran (since the '80s, ❤'s assembler), arrested - never convicted hacker (in the '90s), dad of five, he/him (if that even matters!).
      https://deluxepixel.com
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    • olegoleg Member
      SinisterSoft said:

      Plus, most kids/parents bypass all the child restrictions anyhow - so no real issue regarding making you app 13+

      Even if you include a rating of your game 13+ - Google can ban adult advertising if the word 'kids' is in the game's metadata,
      'for kids' - they will write to you 'your game could potentially attract children's attention'

      So the word 'kids' cannot be used in the description of the game in the store, it is not possible to post photos of children in screenshots and videos

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      my games:
      https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=razorback456
      мій блог по гідерос https://simartinfo.blogspot.com
      Слава Україні!
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